I remember pacing the aisles of my favorite used bookstore a few years ago. Somehow I always end up in the education section.Amidst the old books smells, I found a book called Not Quite Burned Out But Crispy Around the Edges. It was a funny book, and the name has always stuck with me.
Not quite burned out but crispy around the edges is exactly how I’ve been feeling this year. The feelings of burn-out are pressing in on me like a collapsing tent. And I hate it. This isn’t me. I feel the dirge of overwhelmingness is about to crescendo in heartbreak. I don’t want to lose myself in the process of teaching.
I have to get out of this rut and get back to the heart of what I’m doing and why I’m doing it.
Justin, I am right there with you. I'm having the same feelings of being burned out and wondering if maybe it's time for me to find something else to do. But I've only ever wanted to be a teacher! So I struggle with not being happy with my job and not teaching the way I know is best for the kids... if I don't teach, even how I'm feeling now, what else what I do??
ReplyDeleteHopefully both of us can find that passion again.